Pretty much what I ran into with one clarifiation: As far as I know, there's nothing preventing you from installing the app on multiple devices and entering the same code into both separately. The obvious drawback is you now have to maintain control of multiple device constantly in order for the second factor to actually enhance security.
Thanks, On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:05:07AM -0500, Joe Fruchey wrote: > I use Google Authenticator. I don't think you can have multiple devices > active concurrently, nor can you export the keys. I think the proper way > to transfer to a new device is to decomm the old one by disabling 2FA, > then set it up again on the new device. One way to avoid this is to > print/save the QR code on the initial setup, but once it's gone, there's > no way to retrieve it. > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 10:14 AM, <[1]whand...@lasthonorableman.net> > wrote: > > We recently were forced to start using 2FA for a service at work and, > as I agree with the practice (at least in principal), I started using > Google Authenticator for several other services, including sudo on a > couple of Linux boxes I have. > > Now I'm facing a phone that desperately needs to be replaced but > authenticator codes locked into the software on that one device. I know > I can get new codes for all of my existing services and just set it up > fresh on a new device but I'm curious how that's "normally" handled. I > wouldn't necessarily have that option if I chucked my phone into a brick > wall as I have been sorely tempted to do on multiple occassions lately. > > Do you backup your authenticator keys somewhere? If so, how? > > Set it up on multiple devices under the assumption that at least will be > functional long enough to reset codes with the services? > > Do you avoid 2FA specifically because of this issue? > > Something else totally obvious that I just missed? > > Thanks, > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [2]General@brlug.net > [3]http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:whand...@lasthonorableman.net > 2. mailto:General@brlug.net > 3. http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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